LG C2 OLED TV range includes "world's first" 42-inch model that's great for gamers

(Pocket-lint) - LG is doubling down connected gaming with its mid-tier OLED TV range for 2022.

Announced arsenic portion of its CES 2022 merchandise lineup, the LG C2 OLED TV scope includes a 42-inch mentation - a archetypal for OLED tech - which is claimed to beryllium perfect for console and PC gamers.

It joins 48-, 55-, 65-, 77-, and 83-inch surface sizes successful the coming series, and likewise runs connected the caller LG α 9 Gen 5 processor. This includes amended upscaling and enhanced audio, with virtual 7.1.2 situation dependable from the built-in speakers.

The astute TV functionality is improved too, with webOS 22 introducing idiosyncratic profiles, portion NFC Magic Tap means you tin precise easy reflector your mobile surface connected the display.

There is besides a caller room-to-room stock feature, which streams the contented connected 1 LG TV to different successful the aforesaid location implicit Wi-Fi. This includes outer oregon cablegram programming, truthful you don't request a abstracted set-top-box.

As for gaming, caller features see much HDMI ports that enactment HDMI 2.1 (up to 4 connected a model), positive a dedicated crippled optimiser paper that gives casual entree to a caller acheronian country mode. This shifts the brightness of the TV depending connected whether you person the lights connected oregon disconnected portion playing.

The crippled optimiser paper besides gives faster entree to settings for G-SYNC Compatible, FreeSync Premium and adaptable refresh complaint (VRR). A caller sports preset joins the existing variants for first-person shooter, role-playing and real-time strategy games.

Some of the LG C2 OLED models besides usage the company's latest OLED Evo panel.

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Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 4 January 2022.